HP ENVY Phoenix 800-030qe CTO.My computer came with Windows 8.How do I find the Windows Product Key?

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HP ENVY Phoenix 800-030qe CTO. My computer came direct from HP with Windows 8.  I have upgraded to 8.1. How do I find the Windows Product Key?

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The CMD or PowerShell window should open "as Administrator".

* For Windows 10 and 8.1:

wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

If the key is not stored in the UEFI or BIOS, it will return the following message:

Node: NAME-DE-PC
Mistake:
Description = Invalid query

* For Windows 10, 8.1, 7 and Vista:

powershell "(Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKey"

Reference: https://www.sysadmit.com/2015/07/windows-uefi-bios-ver-clave-guardada.html

To activate windows 8/8.1, try following the instructions in the link:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03486254